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 that they were apparitions from another world, their late fear seized them again, and they ran with all possible speed towards the door. They had, however, the misfortune to lose their way between the pews; Don Joachim's lanthorn dropt from his head, and fell in Don Romero's face; the one was frightened at the other; yet the latter had the presence of mind to take it up, to fasten it to one of his long artificial arms, which he took upon his shoulder, and thus happily gained the door. His giant-like assistant was close at his heels.

"But now a new misfortune happened; for when the priest began his exorcisms, both of them were tempted to look once more back; the little one, who led the way, turning suddenly round, knocked the lanthorn so violently into the face of his tall companion, that the latter, imagining to have received a blow from a spirit, dropped half dead upon the ground. Don Romero was terribly frightened at